diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim
index 734455d93e6e8a74586df39e94a01eadcd3bf3af..3a9c42cce2a2fd9757b2c5941c33452d0a091f45 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim
@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ if $rows != 5 then
 endi
 
 print ======================>td-11169
-create stable m1 (ts timestamp , k int) tags(a binary(15000));
-create table tm0 using m1 tags('abc');
-insert into tm0  values(now, 1);
-select top(k, 100), a from m1;
+sql create stable m1 (ts timestamp , k int) tags(a binary(15000));
+sql create table tm0 using m1 tags('abc');
+sql insert into tm0  values(now, 1);
+sql select top(k, 100), a from m1;
 
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT